Meanings
- An urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.
A ceremony to mark the opening of the first submarine cable between Taiwan and Okinawa, was held at Toucheng in Ilan, county, the cable’s Taiwan terminal.
1979 July 15, “Taiwan-Okinawa cable link”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 27, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 22 more examples
f) Instituting training classes in 1954, 1955, and 1960 to give 48 fishermen training in fishing methods and engine operation, and sending nine fishermen to Taiwan to practise at the Toucheng township Fishermen's Association in Yilan[…]
1963, The Invincible Island: Ten Years of Reconstruction on Kinmen, Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →OCLC, page 25Taiwan’s northeastern county of Yilan has adopted a proposal to rename the islands from “Tiaoyutai” to “Toucheng Tiaoyutai,” to include the name of a local township.
2020 June 22, “Ishigaki renames area containing Senkaku Islands, prompting backlash fears”, in The Japan Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2020
Origin
- Mandarin頭城
- EnglishToucheng
From Mandarin 頭城 (Tóuchéng).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 頭城 /头城
- 頭城 /头城 (Tóuchéng)urban township
Cite this entry
Toucheng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toucheng
“Toucheng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toucheng. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Toucheng,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Toucheng.
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